Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters' Association, BGMEA, said Tuba factory workers, on hunger strike for four days, may get a part of their dues within a week.
Published : 31 Jul 2014, 08:12 PM
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“We’ll try to partially clear their outstanding salaries and bonuses within a week,” acting president SM Mannan Kochi said on Thursday.
“We agree with your demands,” he said, addressing the ailing factory workers and urged them to be patient. “Please allow us some time.”
A fire in Tuba Group owned Tazreen Fashions in 2012 had killed 112 trapped workers.
Owner Delwar Hossain was behind bars on charges of negligence, seen as the cause of the fire that had left hundreds with burn injuries.
When asked how BGMEA plans to source the money, Kochi said Tk 10.2 million Packing Credit can be had from the bank in exchange of Tuba Group’s LC (Letter of Credit).
The amount will be enough to pay workers’ wages for two months, while the rest would be cleared in phases, he said.
The workers of Tuba’s five factories say the management owes them three months’ wages as well as bonuses.